[ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as XXX needs
to be processed before release. ]
-perldelta - what is new for perl v5.31.3
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.31.6
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This document describes differences between the 5.31.2 release and the 5.31.3
+This document describes differences between the 5.31.5 release and the 5.31.6
release.
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.31.1, first read
-L<perl5312delta>, which describes differences between 5.31.1 and 5.31.2.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.31.4, first read
+L<perl5315delta>, which describes differences between 5.31.4 and 5.31.5.
=head1 Notice
-XXX Any important notices here
+XXX Any important notices here.
=head1 Core Enhancements
[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
+=head2 Alpha assertions are no longer experimental
+
+See L<perlre/(*pla:pattern)>, L<perlre/(*plb:pattern)>,
+L<perlre/(*nla:pattern)>>, and L<perlre/(*nlb:pattern)>.
+Use of these no longer generates a warning; existing code that disables
+the warning category C<experimental::script_run> will continue to work
+without any changes needed. Enabling the category has no effect.
+
+=head2 Script runs are no longer experimental
+
+See L<perlre/Script Runs>. Use of these no longer generates a warning;
+existing code that disables the warning category
+C<experimental::alpha_assertions> will continue to work without any
+changes needed. Enabling the category has no effect.
+
=head1 Security
XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security
=item *
-L<Devel::PPPort> has been upgraded from version 3.54 to 3.55.
-
-The test files generated on Win32 are now identical to when they are
-generated on POSIX-like systems.
-
-=item *
-
-L<File::Find> has been upgraded from version 1.36 to 1.37.
-
-On Win32, the tests no longer require either a file in the drive root
-directory, or a writable root directory.
-
-=item *
+L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy.
-L<Thread> has been upgraded from version 3.04 to 3.05.
+If there was something important to note about this change, include that here.
=item *
-L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy.
-
-If there was something important to note about this change, include that here.
+L<Sys::Syslog> has been upgraded from version 0.35 to 0.36.
=back
=item *
-C<< $@ = 100; die; >> now correctly propagates the 100 as an exception
-instead of ignoring it. [perl #134291]
+XXX
=back
XXX Generate this with:
- perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.31.2..HEAD
+ perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.31.5..HEAD
=head1 Reporting Bugs